Medical Practitioner Harps On Importance Of Culture In College Curriculum

      

An Onitsha based medical practitioner, Dr Alfred Nwakor has charged curriculum formulators in the country’s education system to include the study of culture in Nigerian secondary schools if the youths must turn patriotic to their fatherland.

He made the call yesterday at St. Charles College, Onitsha during the feast of St. Charles Borromeo held in the college premises.

Dr. Nwakor who is the sponsor of Green House of the college stated that it had become imperative for Nigerian students to know about the culture of their people as it was an identity which the people are known for.

He thanked the school management and the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha for setting aside a day to display the culture of Igbo race while commemorating the feast of the saint in whose name the college was named.

Earlier in his speech the principal and manager of the schools Rv. Fr. Vitus Mbamalu remarked that the day was set aside to commemorate St. Charles Borromeo in whose memory the college was named, adding that the institution has a long history of success even while as a Teachers’ Training College and has produced prominent men in the society.

Fr. Mbamalu echoed the need for parents and guardians to support the school in sustaining the glory which it has attained since inception.

He, however, charged the students to remain hard-working and steadfast in their quest for academic excellence.

Highpoints of the occasion were the display of various cultural activities by students of the college who trooped out in their white cultural attire with red cap to match.

While parents, guardians and relations watched their wards reactivate the cultural heritage of the people.